Overview

I received my B.A. (Political Science) from the University of Massachusetts and my M.A. (Canadian history) from the University of Maine. I took my Ph.D. at Queen's University and wrote my thesis in Canadian environmental history. I teach courses in Canadian Studies and on the History of Canada.

Recent Publication: Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012), 168 pages.

Interviewed by Dr. Sean Kheraj for Nature's Past Podcast, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE), November 2012,

Publication: Shaping the Upper Canadian Frontier: Environment, Society, and Culture in the Trent Valley (University of Calgary Press, 2003).

Courses regularly taught:

Canadian Studies 101: Introduction to CanadaCanadian Studies 201: Canadian-American RelationsCanadian Studies 202: QuebecHistory 203: Early CanadaHistory 204: Modern CanadaFirst Year Program: Identity and Belonging in the St. Lawrence ValleyFirst Year Seminar: Canadian Environmentalism